Manama, July 3 (BNA) -- Expatriate Keralites who lure their own
people with false promises of jobs and better salaries and then push
them to the verge of penury and beggary will face exemplary punishments
if their misdoings are brought before the law, the Chief Minister of
Kerala (a South Indian state), Oommen Chandy, told the Bahrain News
Agency (BNA).

Chandy was in Bahrain to receive the United Nations Global Award
for Public Service. Responding to the large number of illegal migrants
from Kerala, who are found in most parts of the Arabian Gulf, the Chief
Minister said that this was a result of malpractices indulged in by
their own people. "Nobody is an illegal when they leave Kerala and
arrive in these countries. They are forced into such a situation, but
there are no complaints received for us to take action," he said.

It is important to receive complaints and follow up on those to
ensure that the illegal practice is curbed, he added.

Asked about tourism projects being drawn up by Kerala to woo the
Bahraini tourists, the chief minister said, "We are always
enhancing and re-invigorating the tourism sector in Kerala. It is for
the people of Kerala, who reside in Bahrain, to push the tourism
potential of the state among the local population."

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